Woman’s Tragic e. Coli Death Could Bring Better Food Safety Regulations A victim of a severe e. Coli infection died in July 2013, four years after she contracted the food-borne illness after eating raw cookie dough. Now, her 22-year-old son is fighting for better food safety regulations with the FDA. Linda Rivera contracted e. Coli after eating Nestle cookie dough raw in 2009. She was 57, and was hospitalized with the terrible illness. "She was probably the most severely injured e. Coli victim I have ever seen," said Bill Marler, a family … [Read more...]
FDA Revises Food Recall and Food Safety Regulations
September 23, 2014 By Leave a Comment
FDA Proposals to Improve Food Safety and Food Recall Procedures After extensive public outreach for comments, the Food and Drug Administration has proposed revisions to its Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA), to help improve food safety regulations and food recall procedures. FSMA was originally signed into law in 2011, and included four proposed updates to laws involving produce safety, preventative controls for human food, as well as animal food, and a foreign supplier verification program. The FDA reached out to the public for … [Read more...]
